Quick Summary of Cherry Yurok iz supermarketa
- 🌍 Origin: A fantastic “supermarket save” from Russia. A gardener bought delicious cherry tomatoes from a store, saved the seeds, and distributed them under the conditional name “Yurok” (named after a forum user Yuri who shared them). It is suspected to be a commercial French strain, possibly from the brand Azura.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and vigorous, reaching around 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a greenhouse. Produces elegant, long cascading trusses.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Red, cylindrical (mini-plum) shaped cherry tomatoes. Average weight is around 11 g (0.4 oz). They have very thick walls and dense flesh.
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Extremely sweet, meaty, and very tasty. Known for having a rich, complex aftertaste.
- ⏳ Storage & Uses: Exceptional shelf life! They can actually dry up (sun-dry) naturally right on the vine without rotting. Perfect for making sun-dried tomatoes or eating fresh.
Yurok is a conditional name for cherry tomatoes saved from a supermarket. I got the seeds through an exchange on one of the gardening forums from Yuri, whose username is Urok. He accompanied them with the following description: sweet, and they dry themselves right on the vine.
In my greenhouse, the bush turned out to be tall (2 meters / 6.5 ft) and very productive. Ripening time was mid-season. The fruit trusses are long and elegant. The cherry fruits have an average weight of about 11 grams (0.4 oz), red color, and cylindrical shape. Very beautiful and delicious, sweet, and meaty. They store for a long time and can literally dry themselves out. They are excellent for making sun-dried tomatoes. This variety became the absolute discovery of the 2016 season for me.
In the fall of 2016, at the Moscow Society of Nature Lovers exhibition, one of the participants suggested that this is the French variety Azura. I searched the net, but it seems that is just the name of the company that supplies fresh vegetables.
Edited January 21, 2017 by Pomidoroved
What a handsome plant! And the fruit walls are so thick! Ilya, will you try growing it in open ground (OG)?
kae-2 said:
What a handsome plant! And the fruit walls are so thick! Ilya, will you try growing it in open ground (OG)?
Irina, yes, I’ll try planting one bush in open ground next season.
I received a very similar variety from Alena-Latvia. She conditionally named it Cherry Roma (saved seeds from England).
I could only find one photo of mine—just starting to ripen.
The tomato turned out to be surprisingly tasty, sweet, and at the same time had great keeping qualities 👍
But unlike the commercial Roma from SeDeK, mine is not a determinate (det) of 60-80cm (2-2.5 ft), but a huge indeterminate (indet) that took up a whole corner of the greenhouse.
AleksandrS said:
I received a very similar variety from Alena-Latvia. She conditionally named it Cherry Roma (saved seeds from England)…
Alexander, I also have Cherry Rome (there was a variety label on the plastic clamshell/shaker of supermarket cherry tomatoes I bought). It is completely different. Some of its fruits are slightly pear-shaped, slightly smaller than Yurok (up to 10 grams / 0.35 oz), and juicy (whereas Yurok is meaty). Its trusses are more spread out, but the plant is just totally loaded with fruit. An excellent little cherry, but Yurok is definitely different.
I can’t take my eyes off both varieties. Good job growing these tasty little guys!
ilja said:
…An excellent little cherry, but Yurok is definitely different.
Understood. My variety came to me under a “conditional” name, and my search only brought up the commercial Roma from SeDeK. Visually, my Roma seemed similar to your Yurok 😉. I will repeat it this year and take a closer look.
Out of all the cherry tomatoes I’ve grown (more than 30 varieties for sure), this Supermarket Yurok turned out to be the tastiest for me, it’s simply the gold standard of flavor. It has a very rich aftertaste. The seeds were from Ilya Korolev, a huge thank you to him for this variety.
